Posts in 2012
Sick and Tired

Human rights!

A luxury only for those who can afford it.

For those who can’t they are given a form that denies their very right to eat bread.

Necessities denied because of our ambition to provide for ourselves.

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2012Latoya FrancisComment
Falling Whistle

Blow Whistle

This is the sound that is heard before the barrage of gunfire.

Courage means zip zero when the war begins to rage hotter than Hell’s fire.

As the smoke and cries of distress begin to submerge

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Bad Romance

Your love eludes me like a good night’s rest.

I gave you my heart and you gave it back to me.

A mess I was, told never to love anyone more than I love myself.

It seems I slept through the lesson because here I am in the same predicament again.

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Brute

Like the waves that crash upon the seashore

So your love consumes me.

Eroding all of my false pretences to expose the true nature of my heart

As your grace gently subsides.

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2012Latoya FrancisComment